Friday August 1, 2008
Bianca Golden at the first annual 'Fiercee Awards' on March 28, 2008 (top.) Blonsky leaving a courthouse in Turks and Caicos (bottom.)
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Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky and her father were arrested Wednesday after getting into a fight with the family of America's Next Top Model contestant Bianca Golden over saved seats in the departure lounge at Providenciales International Airport in Turks and Caicos.
A staffer at the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force confirmed their arrests to Usmagazine.com on Friday.
According to a source at the Turks and Caicos Weekly News, Bianca, 19, her brother George, 17, and their mother Elaine Clinton-Golden, were waiting for a flight to New York when they tried to take a seat in the departure lounge but found luggage on the chairs. When they removed the luggage, which belonged to the Blonsky's, a brawl broke out.
Elaine was alleged to have been repeatedly kicked and punched all over her body. She was airlifted for treatment in Miami, Florida.
"I am in pain all the way down my arms and legs," Elaine told the the Turks and Caicos Weekly News, Thursday from her hospital bed. "I can hardly talk or walk and my head is hurting all over."
Nikki, 19, was charged with actual bodily harm; her father, Carl, was charged with grievous bodily harm, a source at the Turks and Caicos Weekly News tells Us.
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Nikki — who is now in a neck brace — went to court Friday morning, the source tells Us. When photographers tried to take her picture, she covered her face.
Nikki is due back in Magistrate court on December 1.
Nikki's rep had no comment.
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